Industrial Networking Training

• Design: Develop the capability to design industrial networks that meet high-availability, reliability, and performance requirements, adhering to industry best practices.
  
  
• Implement: Gain the practical skills to implement these designs using industry-standard equipment and configuration techniques.
  
  
• Maintain: Acquire the knowledge and tools to effectively maintain industrial networks, ensuring ongoing security, reliability, and optimal performance.
  
  
• Cybersecurity Expertise: Develop proficiency in applying cybersecurity measures, including firewall configuration, to safeguard industrial networks from potential threats.

This Industrial Networking course is designed for professionals working in industrial automation and control systems, specifically targeting:

SCADA Engineers: Responsible for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems, which rely on robust networks.

OT Engineers: Focused on Operational Technology, where network stability and security are critical.

Automation Engineers: Designing and implementing automated systems that depend on reliable network communication.

System Integrators: Integrating various industrial components, requiring a strong understanding of network infrastructure.

Maintenance Engineers: Maintaining industrial systems, with network troubleshooting skills being highly valuable.

A basic understanding of industrial networking and binary notation.

The course provides a practical understanding of industrial networking, using training rigs comprising of:

• Layer 3 and Layer 2 devices
• Access switches in a ring network
• Industrial firewalls

A combination of Cisco and Hirschmann products will be used. During the course, delegates will be guided through the basics of industrial networking, network switching and network security.

SolutionsPT has a flexible approach to training. This course can be delivered at our offices in Cheadle or, if required, on-site at your premises.

Day 1 - Networking Basics

• Basics of the OSI 7-layer model (in particular, how it helps in troubleshooting)
• Hubs, switches and routers
• IP Addressing and Subnetting
• MAC address tables and ARP
• TCP and UDP
• How a packet traverses a network
• Network troubleshooting (Ping, Tracert, ARP, Wireshark)
• Practical exercises

Day 2 - Network Switching

• Unicast, multicast and broadcast
• Spanning Tree protocol
• VLAN basics
• VLAN trunks
• VLAN routing
• Practical exercises
• VLAN Propagation

Day 3 - Security

• Cyber Security Overview
• Secure management (HTTPS, SSH)
• Port security
• Access-control lists
• Firewalls
• Common vulnerabilities and prevention (DHCP spoofing, ARP poisoning, MITM attacks)
• Practical exercises

Day 4 - Connectivity and Security

• Fault Finding
• Secure Remote Access
• Security Posture Analysis
• Out to Cloud
• Tofino Firewalls
• Offensive Security